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" You give the reader a sense of a full meal. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Sense
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" Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do. "
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Your
You
" Nothing wrong with making money or doing what you need to do to sell, but I think it shows when you're writing something to pay the bills and when you're writing something because it's really your version of the world. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Think
Writing
Doing
" I think that my vampires in general were influenced by my being allowed to watch the Hammer vampire films. Vampire Circus, also shown as Circus of Fear, was one of those movies. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Vampire
Think
Movies
" My characters surprise me constantly. My characters are like my friends - I can give them advice, but they don't have to take it. If your characters are real, then they surprise you, just like real people. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Surprise
Friends
Me
" I cannot say how strongly I object to people using other people's writing as research. Research is non-fiction, especially for horror, fantasy, science fiction. Do not take your research from other people's fiction. Just don't. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Science
Say
Research
" Now that I'm being very successful, publishers are trying to mainstream me, but I'm unabashedly genre. It's what I like to read, what I like to write. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Successful
Me
Write
" I've lost track of the number of people who want to be writers but never actually write anything. Talking about writing, dreaming about writing, can be very fun, but it won't get a book written. You've got to write. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Fun
Lost
People
" What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in New Orleans, goes home with you. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Stay
Vegas
New
" If people would write exactly what I wanted to read I wouldn't feel so compelled to write myself. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
People
Wanted
Write
" I feel that if you are blessed, or lucky enough, to be doing well, you should help others. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Help
You
Blessed
" Some people just don't seem to understand the concept of fiction. It is fiction; it ain't true, folks. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
People
Understand
True
" What we prefer to read is sort of like sexual preference, you like what you like. Most of the time you have no clue why. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Most
Like
Why
" I try not to worry about rewriting books that worked well the first time. I'm too busy writing new books to worry about things that are already in print. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Time
Worry
New
" Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to what you think is the end of the book, you will have hundreds of pages of words that came out of your head. It may not be perfect, but it looks like a book. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
You
Book
Perfection
" If you're open to it, New Orleans will teach you about yourself, but if you want to hide from who you really are, the city will help you do that, too. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
City
Yourself
Hide
" I am a very linear thinker, so I write beginning to end. I write hundreds of pages per book that never make it into print. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Book
Write
Never
" When sex is necessary for the plot of a book, or a character development, then I don't shy away from it. Why should I? "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Sex
Shy
Book
" Most of the monsters... are based on some sort of mythology. Every culture and even some geographical areas have monsters and mythology that is their own. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Mythology
Culture
Monsters
" I think like a detective. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Think
Detective
Like
" If I'd been easily discouraged, I could have been a one-hit wonder. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Wonder
Been
Discouraged
" Everyone spends their lives trying to balance their world between good and evil. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Good
Balance
Evil
" I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Writing
Believe In Yourself
Yourself
" Two things I do well in books are sex and violence, but I don't want gratuitous sex or violence. The sex and violence are only as graphic as need be. And never included unless it furthers the plot or character development. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Want
Character
Need
" It was just you had to be strong, and if you weren't strong you're a victim and you're not going to make it. That was the reality when I was growing up. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Strong
Reality
Be Strong
" I wasn't like most girls. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Like
Most
" I want a kiss to be so believable it gives the reader shivers. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Reader
Gives
Want
" The fey in this country keep to themselves, and are a separate nation, much like the American Indians, but with even more autonomy. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Country
American
Nation
" I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
More
Than
Interests
" You either mellow at 30, or your head explodes - take your choice. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Your
Head
Either
" You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
You
Fan
Assassin